It’s no secret to those of you who know me that I just adore and respect teachers and librarians who are out there every day with kids–reaching out to them with just the right book or just the right conversation and changing lives. As is often said in children’s literature circles, books offer both mirrors and windows to readers. We often discover things about ourselves and/or who we want to be through reading (mirrors). We also learn about the world–other cultures, ways of life, opinions and learn to empathize with others (windows) which is more important than ever. For some, a book offers a friend and the ability to revisit that friend as needed. Yes, we write the books. but YOU put those books into the hands of kids every day. We are a TEAM.

So…to express this appreciation and love for ALL of you heroes/teachers/librarians out there, I have banded together with some author friends (HUGE THANKS to these authors for their kindness and generosity!) to offer one GIANT giveaway for one lucky winner. The winner of this giveaway will receive a signed copy of every single book below–each mailed to you in separate packages by their authors/illustrators. There are many you’ll recognize, I think 🙂 Please feel free to click on each cover to see more information about the book and its author.

2) Share to Twitter with the hashtag #MGAuthorsLoveTeachers I know–long hashtag But it will help us find your entry! Please include link, if possible!

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Rules: ***Giveaway ends on Monday, February 20 at 11:59PM. Winner will be announced the following morning.

1) This is to show our appreciation for teachers and librarians, specifically. Therefore, the winner must have a school mailing address and be presently employed at that school.(Sorry–only US and Canadian winners this time.)

***2) We know that teachers do not always get the appreciation they deserve. (They deserve parades and serenades and major awards.) This giveaway is a reminder that WE appreciate you. Yes—we write the books, but YOU are in the trenches every day. YOU get the books into the hands of our readers. Together, we are creating life-long readers. For that…we are most grateful.

Wow…what a list of books! There are no words to express how much the generosity of authors means to me. Thank you to ALL these incredible authors, but especially to you Lynda for organizing and for always reminding us how valued we are to all of you. What a Valentine gift. Thank you from the depths of my heart.

Thank you for arranging this giveaway! I am a school librarian and we can all use a little help providing new, exciting, well-loved books to our students through our library collections. This is the librarian lottery!

What a wonderful and generous set 9f books! My 5th graders are working hard to build their reading identities. These titles would be a great addition to our classrooms library! Thank you to Lynda and the gang!

This is a beautiful thing you are doing. I’m a 4/5 ELA teacher and love that I can connect students and books. Have found many other teachers/librarians on Twitter and love connecting & learning from each other. So many great titles on this list that have already become well-loved this year in the hands of my school kids. Thank you for the chance!KatieReilley@kaneland.org
@KReilley5

As a huge fan of your writing, as well as many of the other featured authors, I am beyond excited at the opportunity to receive signed copies of these books. It truly is an incredible line up of literature you’ve compiled!! I would love to share these with the teachers and students within my school district and let the power of books be far reaching ! Thank you!!

I am Ali… A Librarian (ALiBrarian)
Lynda! I loved hearing you speak at MASL tris fall! My middle school kids would cherish these new books! We can almost smell their new fresh pages! This is how you find your tribe…Book Sniffers Unite! Twitter @AliSchilpp

Linda Mullaly Hunt is fantastico! (along with the other authors that are a part of this giveaway). I am a 5th grade reading teacher in Texas. Last year I was able to buy $200 to $300 a month on brand new books for my classroom and students to keep. This year I have only spent a little bit of money. I don’t know why I am so poor this year. (Well, actually I do–we keep buying black Angus calves for our land.) Anyways, I’m crossing my fingers this giveaway is a win for me. You can visit my website called at http://www.czechgirlreads.com. There is even a blog post about authors who give away books to teachers to use in their classroom along with teachers, like me, that buy books for children to keep forever. The other blog posts consist of my favorite MG books every year I have been born; my favorite 2016 MG reads and the 2017 MG books I can’t wait to read. MG books are my thing. Good luck to all the enter. Congratulations to the lucky teacher/librarian that wins! My Twitter name is Czechgirl Reads. My twitter handle is @Czechgirl68.

The students at West Elementaty are BIG readers and they would love to have these books to check out in our library and use for book clubs! Thank you so much for your generosity and thoughtfulness! @denese_anderson (Tweeting about it now!)

This giveaway is amazing! Anyone who is fortunate to receive this will instantly have wonderful book choices to offer to students. Best wishes to all! And an amazing thank you to those who donated to make this possible.

Holy moly! Talk about an amazing lineup of books! Some I’ve read, some I can’t wait to read! They certainly all belong in the hands of children! Would love to add these to our library.Thank you Lynda and Gang! You’re all Fantasticos in my book!

These amazing books would be well-loved by students at Merritt Central Elementary School! What an amazing give-away. Thanks for creating this great opportunity to put even more books into student’s hands. Twitter: @LC27LadyB

Oh, Lynda. How kind and generous of you and all the other authors involved in this giveaway. Must be a mutual admiration society since to teachers authors are the rock stars. Thank you very much for your love and support.

There are so many great, great books for kids. I counted all the holds/reserves I have put on for my kids the other day – 692 holds this year alone. Speaks to great books for kids. Thanks to the amazing authors who keep giving us so much good stuff to read!

Wow! This is amazing. I couldn’t do the job I do without incredibly talented, huge-hearted authors out there creating literary adventures for me to put in my kids’ hands. Thanks for organizing this, and thanks authors! Excited for whoever wins this sweet collection!
@sjkibel

Wow, this giveaway is beyond generous! I’m a library media specialist at a K-5 school in Connecticut, and I know my students would LOVE to add these books to our collection. I try to end each class with a book trailer or quick book talk, so my 3-5 students have already heard of many of these titles! Thanks for this opportunity!

This would be a wonderful addition to my library. I am in the process of purchasing more books for my 5th graders. They fly through books so fast. Thank you for organizing this give away. Who ever wins this will be very lucky. @AMitchell828

This is an amazing giveaway! Teachers and librarians may be in the trenches, but it is your words that our students find solace in, a world to get away from their worries, someone to relate to, or a place to laugh and enjoy literature. There is no better job than being a school librarian! Connecting kids with great literature is a joy! Thank you Lynda and all kids authors! @lathan_lmc

Scrolling through all these titles made my heart swell. So many great MG titles! Last year our K-9 school chose FiAT as our whole grade read aloud in grade 6. So generous of you Lynda to share such a great giveaway!

After working as a full-time mom for 20 years, I went back to work as a teacher 13 years ago, working with fourth and fifth graders. I get to teach them reading, writing, social studies, and art. I am a lucky woman.
This year has been the most emotional year of my teaching career. My students have been disturbed by the behavior of the adults they have watched on the news this year. Many of my students were teary and worried on Inauguration Day. One way that they have been able to process these feelings is through the stories we read together. Wonder, in fourth grade, and Fish in a Tree, in fifth grade, are our first read-alouds of the school year. Each year, these two beautiful stories set the tone for our work together, with Fish in a Tree expanding and reinforcing the ideas of kindness begun with Wonder. The lessons of “choose kind” and “have grit” have armed my kids with a way to think their way through the difficult times they encounter, and to make better choices than they see modeled around them. I am so thankful to have authors who write with such authentic voices for kids of this age. Thank you for making my job so easy and so much fun! You are our heroes!

This idea could only come from a dear and fantastico human being! Could this be our silver dollar day?:) We are about to finish up FIAT. Thank you for always helping me form a positive classroom environment with your stories. Best of luck to all the great educators out there!
@teachrdreynadelamora@u-46.org

As a teacher and mother of a child with a processing disorder, I ached to watch my young daughter decide she would “never, ever be a good reader” in early grade school. Her hook was finding heroes and heroines who overcame obstacles and proved they were intelligent and talented in their own ways. Now, some 15 years later, she is studying to be a teacher to help reach students like her.

This is the coolest giveaway! Thanks for putting it together. Fish in a Tree is our Family Book Club pick for March and we are falling hard for The War That Saved My Life! Thanks for a chance to get these and for all the recommendations!

Thank you for recognizing teachers with this give away! I have said it before: authors make my job easier day in and day out! Without the attwntion that authors pay to making great books for younger audiences my job of connecting readers would be next to impossible! So THANK YOU!!

My students would love these books! As a K-5 teacher-librarian, I know the transformative magic middle grade books can work on readers of all ages. Thank you so much for organizing this wonderful giveaway and congratulations to lucky the winner– though I am hoping the odds will be in my favor!

Wow. All those amazing books! And the best part is all the students I can share these with because that is the best part of my job, share the joy of reading and help match a student to a book. Speaking of–a couple of years ago I book talked Fish in a Tree at my book club and one student wanted it right away. Why? She’d done what the MC had done. Managed to stay under the radar. The cool thing about this student, who still struggles with reading is she LOVES books. One of the many, many reasons I LOVE my job. Thanks for doing this! My twitter handle is @readwritetell. I will share this there. Thanks again!

Wow. All those amazing books! And the best part is all the students I can share these with because that is the best part of my job, share the joy of reading and help match a student to a book. Speaking of–a couple of years ago I book talked Fish in a Tree at my book club and one student wanted it right away. Why? She’d done what the MC had done. Managed to stay under the radar. The cool thing about this student, who still struggles with reading is she LOVES books. That is half the battle…we can help her with the rest! Thanks for doing this! My twitter handle is @readwritetell. I will share this there. Thanks again!

I am literally in tears as I believe you have seen into my heart with this collection of books. Many of them and their authors hold such a special place in my heart, and others I am dying to read. Jefferson’s Sons, One for the Murphys, and Wonder are currently lit circle choices for my MG students, Pax is on my “MUST read” list…my 6-8 graders would be beyond thrilled with these!!!!

Thank you so much Lynda! What an incredible collection of books, thank you to all the authors involved. A special thank you to you for organizing this opportunity. We just finished FIAT and the kids absolutely loved it and are still working on the code:) Thanks again! @NatFaure

This is the motherload of all MG books! As I scrolled down, I kept saying “Wow!” and “What?!” From SE Hinton to Jeff Kinney to Jacqueline Woodson, amazing. Simply amazing. Thank you, Lynda and all the authors, for creating characters, places, and events that our students can view as a mirror and/or window. Without hard work, multiple drafts, revisions, and every last tweak, we wouldn’t have these books today, so thank you authors!!

When I looked through this list of books, I realized that they all had one thing in common– all the ones I’ve read are great books, and almost all of the others are ones I have on my to-order list because I’ve heard great things about them… and I kept scrolling, and scrolling! This list alone is a prize; I can’t imagine adding copies of all of these books at once for my students to enjoy!

So excited for this giveaway! What a wonderful selection of books. Thanks for presenting a variety of books for al types of readers. New books are always welcome as our shelves are full of older, worn books.

Wow, kid lit people are nothing short of amazing. Our students would beg to get these titles in their hands! Thanks for taking the time to honor educators and librarians, Lynda and Company! It is truly appreciated. @mrsmelanieroy

This giveaway is simply amazing! As a fifth grade teacher I often (okay, always) buy books with my own money because I want my students exposed to new, quality middle grade books and authors! This year my Mock Newbery book club was a HUGE success with over 60 members! Growing readers takes great teachers, librarians & of course authors and their books!

My favorite part of teaching is matching books and readers. There are endless possibilities with these books. Middle grade authors are amazing! Thank you for writing books that make our world better and being so generous to share them with us! @jillbless

Wow! I have to say, the love we Teachers and Teacher Librarians get from these authors is amazing. I am so impressed by the time they give to kids in answering e-mails, creating school visits, giving back to the writing community in workshops such as Teachers Write and Nerd Camp. Really, you authors just rock my world.
I write the newsletter for my local chapter of Teacher Librarians. Whenever I win a giveaway, that book goes into a giveaway that’s part of that newsletter. Imagine if I said ALL these books were up for grabs?! It’s so fun getting books into the hands of adults that love getting them into the hands of kids. Hands down, best feeling ever and why I love being a school librarian so much. Thanks for the love, thanks for your work and KEEP GOING!

So many of these books are changing our students’ outlook on life. @mjantzi As an elementary school librarian, you help me with wonderful life changing titles. Thank you so much for partnering with us in the trenches.

This 5th grade teacher can unequivocally say that MG authors are loved by our students as well! Reading is everything in our room, and your bravery in tellling wonderful rich, powerful, and relatable stories for our kids is what makes my job – getting good books into their hands – so fun and easy.

This giveaway if fantastic! I work in a seriously underfunded city public school library and seriously love what I’m doing:-) its people like you and giveaways like this that help motivate me each day to help each student meet his/her just right Book for her/his reading. Thanks for this opportunity-and keep in the great book writing

Thanks for helping to write books that allow kids to have a common experience with a character. A book the the Outsiders that I read in school to Pax, Fish in a Tree, Orbiting Jupiter that were part of the GRA.Cwalton@nceschool.org

Lynda Mullaly Hunt, you are always working to help out teachers but ultimately children everywhere. Thanks for arranging the giveaway. I’m a 6th grade teacher and your books have engaged many of my students, especially when Fish in a Tree was the read aloud book. Thanks!

I remember all my teachers k-12. I hope that I am a teacher my students remember, long after they leave my classroom, for the fun times, the hard times, the book discussions, and most of all for the love.

Thank you all for the wonderful opportunity to win some books for my classroom. You all are amazing!

This is such an incredible giveaway of books that my students will truly love! Some of these titles and the authors that have written them are on their list of favorites. Many of my students wrote to you about these books for the Letters About Literature competition that we entered! My goal this year is to add more titles to my library and to find some favorites of my own so I can encourage my students to have a love for reading!

YOU inspire us! A fellow T came to me just yesterday and said her kids gave a standing ovation at the end of Fish In A Tree…& thanked me for suggesting it. She wanted more book suggestions! Not a problem, thanks to all of you!!! I am @sbuhner and thank you for this Th book giveaway!!!!

Kicked off this year with Fish in a Tree as our first read aloud. Students loved Ali and related to all characters. Thank you authors for writing books that create discussions about diversity and acceptance. #MGAuthorsLoveTeachers

Once again, you’re taking care of our children. Should I win, I’ll give away the brand new copies of the ones I already have in my classroom (I have only 8 of these) to other teachers in my school. Thank you for helping all scholars love reading – such great titles!

These are fantastic books! They would be a great start to building and empathy library. Each of the authors represented here Have stories of hardship and perseverance- stories of hope. Thank you to the authors (and publishers) for making this happen for a teacher or librarian. That’s love!

I love your books and would LOVE to win this collection to share with my kiddos at school! They love to read. I have shared on Twitter @teacherjenn2013. Thanks for doing this. I could not do what I do without you doing what you do.

Such a great list of books and signed by the authors!! I have several in my classroom library now and will be hitting Amazon to add some others. What a great offer for educators! Thank you for your generosity. I have retweeted on twitter.

What a blessing for one lucky teacher/librarian! The book choices are fabulous and will be a wonderful addition to any library. This generosity is an example of magic of writers, especially writers who write for children. Thank you for this opportunity. Peace and smiles!

This giveaway is the absolute best giveaway I ever seen on any social media sites. As a teacher there are titles in here that have changed some of my students lives on a personal and reading level. As a teacher who reads along side her students, several of these titles have impacted me to the complete fullest, and several are on my TBR list!!! I can not believe the titles you are giving away! What an honor it would be to win! Thank you for this opportunity!! (twitter: @mrs_cmt1489)

When I sit down to conference with my 4th graders about the books they are reading, I see such a spark in their eyes! They love words, and characters and their stories. Thank you, Lynda, for giving us Ally and all her struggles. Her story helps kids open their hearts to each other and to themselves, and adjusts the perceptions of what being smart is actually all about. So excited to continue to share her story, and with any luck, the stories of all of the characters so graciously brought to life by these authors. I can see the sparks already!
I am tweeting this under the handle @Mrs4BRsClass
Also sharing on my Facebook page Jill Brockschink.
Thank you.

I love my job. It is my passion. As a fifth grade ELA teacher, bringing that enthusiasm for books and reading is my world! I am so proud of my kiddos and know that these books would mean a lot to them! Thank you for this chance! @MissNikkiIn5th

After being an elementary school librarian for 13 years, I made the leap to a middle school library this fall. I am so grateful for the move and I never knew how awesome middle schoolers were (I’m pretty sure I wasn’t that awesome in middle school). Talking books with them and hearing their insight is one of the best parts of my job. Thank you to all of the authors for writing books for this age group. They are unique, smart, and creative young people and your books connect so strongly with them! @jilldodgelms Also sharing on my personal Facebook page.

I teach Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. In my state (Iowa), support staff (speech language pathologists, hearing and vision teachers, physical therapists, etc) are not employed by the school districts themselves, but rather by area education agencies.

One of the rules for the giveaways doctates that we must have a school address, but I do not because of what I mention above. Am I still eligible for this giveaway? I’d love to get more books like these in my students’ hands.

An amazing list of books that will allow students to grow and make connections. My students not only enjoyed the book Fish in the Tree by @LynMullayHunt they were able take key concepts and themes within the story and apply into their lives. Concepts of growth mindset and the power of changing your words while accepting differences in key. A powerful story that reaches all in many different ways.
Student reflection:
-“disabilities don’t have to define you”
-“you can’t have a fixed mindset you need to keep trying in order to succeed and overcome challenges”
-“even if it doesn’t seem like it there will allows be a friend/teacher out there to support you and help you”

I am so thankful that you admire and respect teachers, but that goes both ways. Authors, especially children’s book authors, are my rock stars and it makes me so very happy that you are all in this world. Just as Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary helped me get through tough times when I needed them, you are doing so for this generation. Much love and appreciation.

I am the Reading Specialist for middle school age students…new “job” after teaching 6th grade for 22 years. My librarian recommended “Fish in a Tree” as my read aloud for the 6th graders. IT CHANGED MY LIFE! And it opened up a dialogue with 2 different students and their parents who had concerns but didn’t know how to verbalize them. They are now getting some answers to their concerns. Middle school students are so self aware but don’t understand differences in others…this book began a dialogue with my students about empathizing our differences. I am looking into some of the titles above to read aloud with my 7th and 8th graders.

Thanks you so much for your support of teachers and librarians. And with this blog, I am able to say thank you for the change you have made in my students and me.

Lynda – this is such an incredible thing to do for teachers and librarians! I’m currently a semi-retired teacher who subs almost every day at one of two schools. I would sure love to win these books and present them to the school librarian at one of the schools! I know the kids there would love them! Take care, and know that YOU are a hero to so many people!

WOW! This is an incredible list of titles! I’m going back into an intermediate classroom next year after 6 years of instructional coaching and I would love nothing more than to put these titles in students’ hands. Thank you so much for thinking of teachers and librarians! @svalter80

What an amazing list of titles. As I scrolled through them I noticed past and present Battle of the Books titles we have used/use in our school-wide competition. Fish in a Tree is one of the 13 titles in this year’s competition. The kids would be so excited to have a signed copy if this book, and the other titles too, in our library. Thank you for showing your love to us with this giant giveaway.

Hi Lynda, this is absolutely wonderful….Carley and Mrs. Murphy would surely call you ‘their hero’. Books can change lives, thank you for spreading the good word about literature! Celia Brown brownc@fpsct.org

Holy cannoli! This is an amazing collection of books and an incredible opportunity for teachers. Thank you so much. I’m deeply thankful that you give teachers recognition. Please know that we are also so thankful to have YA and MG authors as our partners. We work with you every day, and we know we’ve found some of the best success when our kids fall in love with your work. Sharing on Twitter as well – @megankortlandt

Oh my goodness – what a fun collection of titles! I love this time of year when many of my third and fourth graders are growing more and more independent as readers — and are beginning to crave stories that are more complex. I especially LOVE when they read titles I’ve booktalked in the library and then come back to me with their own insights…such great connections with kids!! Thank you for honoring librarians (and teachers!) with this giveaway!

I am grateful, again and again, for the kindness and generosity shown for teachers and our readers by middle grade authors. Thank you for your outpouring of love and support. I know I am only one of MANY who are happy to share your love with my students. xo

I am so excited to have seen this giveaway on Twitter! I only have a fee of these books in my classroom library (this is my first year as a gen ed 6th grade teacher with my own classroom, previously special education/co-teaching model) and have almost ALL of these on my wish list! Our 6th grade uses Wonder as our year-long “Motto Text” – all of our students mention this book, and refer back to the characters constantly! I connected 2 students to One for the Murphy’s this year, and it was a life-changing book for both of them. They basically consider Carley and Mrs. Murphy part of their families. I am so incredibly hopeful about winning this giveaway(as I’m sure so many others are as well)! What an incredible opportunity – thank you! Email: Msandrea82@gmail.com Twitter: @MissAndrea8225

Thank you, thank you thank you! I work at a small rural school where students do not have access to the school library daily so I make it my mission to keep popular titles in my classroom library. This opportunity would allow me to add so many amazing titles to our collection. Thank you!

Reading is food for the soul. Books take us on so many adventures. They can heal us. They can teach us life lessons. Characters become heroes. We are lucky to have such talented authors to welcome into our home on any given night! #MGAuthorsLoveTeachers

Wow! What an amazing, incredible list of books to share with our students. Lucky doesn’t begin to describe the winner of this giveaway! Thank you Lynda for helping organize this and for all the inspiration you’ve provided for staff and students with your writing, particularly “Fish in a Tree”.
@Mrs Boire

Hi there posted a tweet, @twitheath and following up here. I am so excited to see the fabulous books on the list, after all books as mirrors and windows! Teaching book readers empathy!heatherinfive@gmail.com

There are some great books on this list, some that are on my TBR list, and some that are new to me. The winner will be on very lucky teacher or librarian! Thanks for giving teachers and librarians this chance.

Thank you so much for this awesome opportunity for teachers and students. I agree with Kelly Gallagher, who writes that the best ways to increase student engagement with books are: Build a classroom library. Build a classroom library. Build a classroom library! Many of us don’t have the funds to do this as quickly as we would like. Thank you for a chance to put more books in the hands of more children. It is critically important.
Follow me on Twitter @oosterheerte

As a new middle school teacher, I have spent hundreds in the last few months updating my classroom library with books my kids would actually read. Even if I don’t win, there are some awesome titles I can’t wait to check out!

What I love most about being a sixth-grade ELA teacher is putting the right book in the right hands, and I must say, I’m not bad. That nose-in-the-book-can’t-think-of-anything-else posture…especially the first time? Well…I don’t have to tell YOU.

I have a lot of the books in your giveaway, but I am a great sharer! Also, great books catch on like wildfire and sometimes I have waiting lists for new books. What a blast! Your offer is so generous…hope I win!

Reading some of these books with my students is what fuels me as a teacher. AThe fellowship created during a read aloud of a moving text, is like no other teaching magic on earth.

Each year, I choke up as I read Carly’s final moment with Mrs. Murphy, and I sobbed uncontrollably with my homeroom last year reading Orbiting Jupiter….but is there anything better than showing your students how a book can move you? I think not.

Wow! What a generous offer! I would love to be in possession of that great set, but I’m at a school with a really nice library. I think there are so many schools without the funds to keep their libraries open or staff it. I know a few schools not too far from me in that situation. I’d share the winnings with one more needy than me.

I love all the books that I have read that are on this list. And I LOVE that I get to share with my students the same feelings, and then watch them in turn fall in love with the books. Thank you to all the authors who share their thoughts, experiences, and passions as well!!!

Wow! I have read a few of these books with some of my classroom book clubs and they are for sure student favorites! My students absolutely love to be read to even if they are in 6th grade. This would be such an awesome addition to my social studies classroom. Thank you!

There’s so many great new books here that I’ve had the great pleasure of reading, but I haven’t been able to get them into the hands of my students yet. What an amazing gift it would be to win all of these amazing books! Thanks to all of those who organized and donated to this giveaway!

What a wonderful list of books! Thank you to all the authors who are participating. Each book teaches our kids (and adults) so much about the world and people around us. Thank you for connecting us to others! @AngieBush2015

This collection of books would be an amazing way to build enthusiasm and excitement among the readers of my building. Thank you for your kind words and thoughts towards educators. Quality, engaging books like YOURS and the many others listed here are what help us to connect with our children and build lifelong readers. @ReachingReaders

This is the most awesome giveaway! I remember when I first read One for the Murphys and I was so angry at the end that I went to find you online. Also, The Outsiders and I are the same age! @thebrainlair KathyMBurnette

Just finished The Thing About Jellyfish and passed it on to a young lady in my school who could benefit from reading this story! Thanks for putting this challenge together! My students and I would love to receive and read these books! @rk2rb1228

I can’ the believe the amazing books in this package! So many that I have purchased for my classroom, and book talked them; they are flying off my shelves. Plus so many others that are on my list to purchase! There is nothing better than a great read!

Wow! This is so amazing and many great, great
books listed in this giveaway. Thank you!
This is my 18th year of teaching 6th grade and
it’s always been my goal to provide students with
many choices of books to choose from. As I finish
a book, I introduce it to my students and add it to
my classroom library. I’m currently on my way to
having 2300 books in my library! Hooe to add more
to my library. 🙂 Thanks for thinking of us!

It is always nice to hear how much we are appreciated by others. You continue to show us how grateful you are. Any school would be lucky to have this line up to add to their collection. Thank you. @bookwormbolton

My students have loved FIAT and have continued to be accepting, kind and helpful as a result of knowing this book. I have a few special needs students in my 5/6 class and today I had almost everyone volunteer to be part of a circle of friends. Students providing their peers with guidance with being a good friend and how to play properly–because some need the help
ans I’m glad to have kids that are willing to give it 🙂

Oh my! This collection ROCKS! I teach first grade and reading is #1 in our classroom. My students would truly benefit from this collection…I love to read aloud. Build empathy, awareness, and literature passion nurtures life-long readers! I shared on both of my Twitter accounts- classroom and personal @1Bstpatrick and @carriebrowntx. I shared on Google + and Facebook, as well. carriebrown@carriecharleybrown.com Thank you for this opportunity!

Thank you for thinking about teachers! I work hard to provide a huge classroom library for my students, but it costs so much! I appreciate your generosity and I love sharing your books with my students. One young lady in my class was hooked on Joan Bauer books. When she finished reading all of Joan’s books, I shared One for the Murphys with her and she loves it. She wants to read Fish in a Tree next. Thank you for sharing your amazing stories with us!

I am blown away at the generosity and thought put into this giveaway! This is an amazing collection of books by an amazing bunch of authors! Thanks Lynda for organizing this giveaway. My students would be thrilled to add this collection of books to our library! @missgall3rd @coachgall

This is such a wonderful thing you do for teachers and their readers. You really are one of a kind. So happy to have spent time with you talking books, readers, and life. Authors are the backbone of all we do!

Great selection of books! Includes some of my favorites, The War That Saved My Life and Fish in a Tree are my current picks of the month for my students 🙂 Thanks so much for showing appreciation for educators. @MrsPMedia

What an amazing collection! ❤ Although I work in two school libraries, and would love to add them to my collections, I’d also love to be able to gift them to my classroom teachers. They are all so strapped financially and spend so much of their own money on great books like these. Thank you for honoring teachers in this way. ❤ Angie Moore @almemoore

What a wonderful gift fir the lucky winner! I have read several of these books already, and PAX and Orbiting Jupiter were favorites last year. Thank you for supporting all of us out here in the trenches 😉 @ipushbooks

Fish in a Tree has become my, and a lot of my students’ favorite books. It helps children who struggle realize that they aren’t alone, and that they have to find the thing that makes them special. We thank you for your work.

As we are currently celebrating National Read Aloud Day at my school dressed as our favorite storybook characters, it seems appropriate to enter this contest that includes so many wonderful books. Thank you for the opportunity! Tweeted out at @TeresaHolyoke Teresa Holyoke tholyoke@breweredu.org

What an excellent Giveaway and great opportunity! My students (and the teacher) would be thrilled to have these high quality books in my classroom. Many I’ve read and some would be new to me; an added bonus is that they are signed!

I am a volunteer librarian in a small parochial school. We struggle to update our books especially for our middle school students. This giveaway would be amazing for our students. Thanks for the opportunity. I will share on Facebook.

My students this year have gone through a TON of the titles in my library already this year. Some of them have a hard time getting transportation to a local library so they often head to my library first. It would be so wonderful to get some new additions!

My students have been really excited about the read alouds I am sharing with them this year. This is my first year teaching ELA and to see how excited the students in my sixth grade class get about the books I share with them is encouraging. I know my students would love these books as part of our classroom library. I am sharing this with my colleagues on google +, twitter, and facebook. @avd111

I love instilling a love of reading in my 4th grade students. These books would be an amazing addition to our classroom library. Thank you for this amazing show of appreciation for teachers and librarians.

This giveaway is so amazing. There is nothing better than to see a reluctant reader grab hold of a book and get sucked in slowly page by page until they forget why they ever hated reading in the first place. There is a book out there for everyone!jennifer.ferguson@dkschools.org
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How incredibly generous of you all! While I am excited at the prospect of a whole library of books that cover multiple genres, represents many ethnicities, and multiple reading levels…I’m also excited for whomever wins! What a gift to all of the children in that school! I find books to be magical in their ability transfer power to the reader – both as a reader and a member of society. Thank you for putting this together 🙂

Thank you very much for this amazing giveaway. One quote my class and I like is, “Books build a stairway to your imagination.” Our class is constantly looking for new, exciting books to read. It would be a pleasure to get these AWESOME books to let our imaginations run wild. In our school, we participate in Battle of the Books. This year, Fish in a Tree, is one of our featured texts. Thank you for giving us teachers, and our students, this opportunity.
(email: vincenzot@fpsct.org)

What a great testament to teachers and librarians! This collection would be an invaluable addition to my classroom library. Students at my Title I school have limited access to books outside of the school. Thanks to all of the authors who are a part of this worthy effort.

Holy Toledo this is awesome! Thank you for putting this opportunity together for teachers and librarians. I am a middle school librarian and am fortunate to have very avid readers in my building. It seems like I never have enough copies of books!
@CAMMediaCenter

What a wonderful list of books! I would love to include these titles in my room. Many are ones that I’ve booktalked before, but having additional copies for the classroom would be excellent. Twitter: @mskraushaar

My mouth is watering at all the awesome titles included!! Wow!! What a jackpot of books to win!!! I’m keeping my fingers crossed — hoping I win!! I could match a student reader to every single book!! 🙏🏻😊

“Courage isn’t knowing you can do something, it’s only being willing to try.” Fritz Lowe from A Night Divided. We love reading in 5th grade at Indian Head School! I would love to get these titles into the hands of my students for novel studies!!

What an awesome collection of books! I recommended Fish in A Tree to a fifth great earlier this year. When she brought it back I asked whether she liked it. She said, “I didn’t like it Mrs. Fitz, I loved it!” Thanks for thinking of students! @MrsFitzReads lfitzgerald@psas.ws

This is an amazing opportunity for a grade 5 humanities teacher! My students have read through my classroom library and the single copy I have of some of the title in this giveaway are the most loved. The students created a wait list system to get their hands on my copy of FIAT, The Thing About Jellyfish, The War That Saved My Life, Wolf Hollow and One For the Murphys. Can’t keep them on the shelf. Kids who love to read and wait in a cue to get their hands on a fave book it a great problem to have.

Wow, what an amazing give away with so many beautiful books! The best part of teaching for me is seeing kids light up when a book hooks them. I feel so lucky to have a job where I get to help kids fall in love with reading. Twitter: @teachertrapp

I can remember the day someone opened up my own love of reading by gifting me with a collection of books such as these. What a wonderful opportunity for some child or group of children. I hope that I am able to provide the same opportunities given to me with this amazing act of generosity. Truly this is what cultivating a love of reading is about

As a librarian in a middle school who loves books and encouraging students to read this is an amazing opportunity! Thanks to all the authors on board and I know the winner will appreciate these books so much!

The way the world is today, I find that books are our one of the most important sources we can use to find peace, love, serenity, and strength. In these tough times, we have to stand together and share all the incredible books and stories we can. We have to make a difference. We have to show that in these books there is so much knowledge. Books are our one source we can use to show the world love. I love books and I love that I get to share them every day with my students. Books make the world a better place, let’s be honest.

A Book’s Just a Book
You walk through the doors to look
Up and down the stacks for a book.
A book that is real,
A book that’s pretend,
A book about someone
Who’s just like a friend.
Something silly and fun to read,
That you don’t want to come to an end.

You’ll meet people
With all kinds of faces,
And travel through time
And visit new places.

On the other hand……

Perhaps you have a question or need
To do research and find information
About space or art or sports
Or about another nation.

Your teacher may want you to write
A poem . . . or a report,
About somebody famous
For their work or greatness in sport.

An animal you may want to choose,
That lives in the wild
Or lives in the zoos.
To find out things that are neat
About how they live
Or about what they eat.

No matter what you need to find,
Your librarian’s not far behind.
We can help you,
Whatever your need,
It’s your mind that you’re going to feed.

We are just happy that you want to read,
For an assignment or just for your self.
So whatever the reason, pick up a book,
‘Cause a book’s just a book
If it sits on the shelf.

This post made tear up a bit. After a long week (I’m in Iowa and we just lost our collective bargaining rights. 😔) I needed some inspiration and support. A good reminder to always come home to the book community. Thank you. 😃

Being a school librarian is an incredible job. Everyday I have the chance to make deep connections with people through books. Thank you to the authors and illustrators that enrich our lives with wonderful stories, artwork, and experiences.

Wow. Wow. Wow. I work with struggling readers and writers in grades 6, 7, 8. What an absolute gift this would be for them! And what a continued encouragement of their love of reading! Even if we don’t win – yay for the lucky middle graders who do!

4th grade ELA/SS teacher at Woodruff Elementary School- Thank you for this amazing opportunity! What an awesome book pile! I really appreciate the generosity and support authors give to teachers. I have found so many authors to be an extra tool to use in my classroom to encourage students to read (& write)! We appreciate y’all so much! I shared this mega giveaway on Twitter @mrsmontjoyreads email: mrsmontjoy@yahoo.com

An incredible treasure trove of MG books! There’s something here for every reader. Getting the right books into readers’ hands is one of the most important things we do. Thank you for organizing this incredible giveaway! @ilseobrien

I would give these to students at our spring Read&Feed, an all-day event where teachers volunteer to read to students in the library and we provide snacks. Thanks for the opportunity. Sharing on Twitter! @katykauffman

Wow! That is amazing! We would love to win these for our school library collection! I shared on facebook and on Twitter. My Twitter handle is @tonya_nc. Thank you all so much! Lynda, thank you for the kind words!!

Lynda, thanks for cheering us on! These books are many of the books our students hug and pad from one to the other, not ever making it back to the shelves in our classrooms and libraries. Thank you for listening to our students, keeping it real, helping them imagine, and serving as the windows and mirrors they desperately need in our world today. You can find me at: @ktlewis14 @TheEagleHideout and karyntlewis@katyisd.org

This is absolutely amazing! This is my first full year implementing reading workshop, and I would love to swell my shelves even further with this great collection of titles. Thank you for supporting teachers! I’m on Twitter as @Mrs_J_of_EAMS and Facebook and Google+ as Cristi Lackey Julsrud.

I would be over the moon to receive even one of these fabulous titles to add to my school library. Our school has added one grade per year for the last three years. We are now PreK through 8th grade. It is a challenge to provide wonderful choices to every reader. I would love to share any of these titles with our students. From suzannem2010

Thank you for celebrating teachers and librarians. Every day in my classroom I celebrate you and other authors that make literacy enjoyable for students. You and others write about the tough topics that students think only happen to them. They make connections. Fish in a Tree changed one of my students lives. She was able to talk more about what was happening in her life. I want to thank you for putting this giveaway together. Thank you to all of the authors who donated books. I celebrate you daily for changing the reading world.
Twitter @tina_stimpson

Thank you for organizing such an incredible giveaway! Thank you to the fabulous authors who donated to this collection! I would love to share these books with the teachers and students at our upper elementary school! What a gift! @shelmoody

What an amazing collection of books! Some of my favorite books to read with students–and some titles new to me to explore with students! Thank you, Lynda and all of the amazing authors participating, for writing such wonderful books and for celebrating teachers.

These books!! Middle school English teacher here. THANK YOU! What a spectacular selection of novels for some lucky person to share. I just finished Freak the Mighty with my sixth graders. Actually, every 6th grader in our school read the book. We celebrated with a ‘Freaky Friday’ theme before vacation. Books are these amazing experiences we share with our students.

What a fabulous collection of books and a wonderful opportunity! I teach third and fourth grade gifted students in a multiage setting and we LOVE many of the authors included, and would love the chance to have our worlds opened to some new authors! Twitter: MissLang08

One of my favorite things as a teacher is to share books with my students. When they love a book I recommend and that we have read, and we get to talk about it. Nothing better. Thank you for sharing the love of reading with us!

Thank you for organizing this incredible book giveaway, Lynda. This is certainly much better than a box of Valentine’s Day chocolates. Your kind words about teachers have warmed many hearts. Thank you also to the many generous authors for making this giveaway even possible. @JenMerrifield

I teach reading intervention and work with some of our most reluctant readers. I have found that displaying new books in my room is an amazing way to foster reading, especially graphic novels. The best part of my job is when a student asks me for the next book in the series or a book that is similar to the book they just finished. Their excitement for books warms my heart!
LindsayLindsay.rasmussen@kent.k12.wa.us

Thank you, Lynda, for this wonderful opportunity to get more books in kids’ hands! You are an amazing author and caring person. Loved you through your story, One for the Murphy’s!
@gfox1998gfox@jccu1.org

I have the best job ever! I am the author of novels, ONE FOR THE MURPHYS, FISH IN A TREE, and SHOUTING AT THE RAIN (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin) I love to paint, juggle, and hang out with my favorite people.

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